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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-08
WHAT IS V0LAPUk?
\ LANGUAGE WITHOUT \ NATIONALITY
THE FUTURE SPEECH
A Correspondent Writes Enthusiastically About the
Iavsat5a OF the Rev. Father Johann
Martin Schleyer, Of Constance,
Baden, Germany.

NEW YORK, June l.-Anothcr language
born. Were there not enough already Z?
Ever since the tower OF Babel diversity Of
tongues has divided aud confused the
dwellcrs of the earth. There were too
many, aud now there is one more. Go to,
But there has been no International
language. The more strongly national
the les fitted for use by strangers. For
that purpose something different is needed;
"A mechanism, rather than a growth. When
We build a steam engine or u ship, We do
not follow the capricious forms which the
environment has produced in the tree. 80,
when We need language for those whose
mother tongues are unlike, 1t must he one
of perfect regularity, simplicity and
strlighttorwardnesS, avoiding all that Is
local or eccentric or perver~r.
The new language, "Nolapuk. Is only
seven wears old. Being a mechanism, not
, growth, Is the product Of one man.
brain. 4 Catholic priest, pastor oi little
parish on the German side OF the Lake OF
constance, yet poet and linguist, had
the great thought tor years Swallowed IN
his mind. until, Is he saws, "one SleepleSS
NIGHT the whole framework of the unIver-
sal language flashed out before me- 10
ham Martin Schleyer Is now known Ia
thousands as the inventor of Nolapuk, the
only attempted universal language which
has ever had the least chance Of life.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-08
A yoLAPUK AUTOGRAPH

Kim esedom ponedi? Who has sent the
letter
Elem esedom omi. A friend has sent it.
KIma tlrn eSedom omi? Whose friend
has sent IL
Elem tidela. The teachers friend.
Kline esedom omi? To whom has he
sent it?
Regc. 70 the king.
Kisi csedom regc? What ohjcctiyej
has he sent to the King?
ESedOm penedi He has sent the letter
Had we more space we might easily
evolve from these phrases all the laws of
of Nolapuk grammar. Wecan give Sug-
grstion OF how verbs change their persons
by intimatlng that oh means |; oil, thou
or you addressed to one person.; obs, we;
OILS, you plural; 50 esedob signifies in one
word, I have sent; csodobs, we have sent;
eScdomS, they have sent. When we state
that isedom means he had sent; OSed0m, he
will send; usedom, he will have sent, the
reader may make guess that the vowel ut
the beginning of verb determines its
tense while the indications OF person and
number are ut the end. When he studies
the grammar more thoroughly he will find
that the tense vOwels are series, in regu-
lar order, which makes it impossible to
forget them:
4, a, e, i, o, II.
In the passive, Pr, pa. pc, pi, pc, pm.
For example, patid1s, it is taught; patti
dos. it was taught; petidos, it has been
taught; pitidoS, it had been taught; poti-
dos, it will he taught; putid0S, it will
have been taught.
The power OF compromising words and
forming derivatives is almost unlimited
The vocabulary is capable of expansion to
meet any requirements of the future.
You now know what Nolapuk is. The
next question undoubtedly will be, and
ought to be- what is its use ~
Its use will be mostly foe written CORE
SpOndence AS spoken language 1t will
have but a limited curreSCy. In CONNER
cial and other business correspondence 1t
will first come into general use, aud this
will always be its widest, though perhaps
not its highest sphere. 1t will next he APP
pied to scientific compositions. Science
allows no national boundaries, aud authors
will soon appreciate the advantage of Il
world wide audience. international treat
les and conventions will be drawn up IN
Volapuk, which will become the language
of diplomacy, enabling both parties TO
stand on an equal footing. Works OF
purely literary and imaginative character
will continue to he written in national
Language, although occasionally they may
he translated into Nolapuk.
CHARLES f. SPRAGrE,
YOlapukatidel.
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GINSENG.

Wheeling.
Market dull with prices at 81 so to 90
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AND ELM GROVE K. K.

On and after Monday, May ,. lSs7, Trains on the
Wheeling ana Elm Grove K. t.. viii run a. fol
.DygS.
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PETROLEUM.
TliIIsNllle.
Pittsburgh.

TITUsvMLE, June Z. - Petroleum -
Opened at 62Sc; highest 625c; lowest 60 c;
closed at 62gC.
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-There have been previous attempts, and
later attempts, ut cOnStructin. universal
languages, hut they have ell fallen fiat Up
To the present time the world has not been
ripe for them. The very idea of interna-
tionaIity, OF world citizenship, Is mod
rrn one. The ocean steamer, the cable,
the postal union. the daily newspaper all
these instrumentalitics make international
speech possible and give 1t an excuse Tor
existence.
Nor has any other project for interna-
tioual speech 50 closely struck tile gOlde
mean of common sense. The others have
usually been based upon too abstract u
classification oi ideas and have discarded
the experience Of existing languages. But
Father Schleycr has reasoned thus: In the
study of many languages We certainly per
ceive defects and points OF superiority.
Each language has forms of expression
which are clear, simple ana direct, and has
other forms which are unnatural, clumsy
and difficult to learn. Why not, then,
select the good and reject the bad' THIS
i, what Scnleyer has aimed 10 do, as we
shall see hereafter
The result is that Nolapuk has been rap
idly gaining adherence III Europe until
they are numbered by the thousands, and
the societies devoted to its spread by the
hundreds. There are three periodicals pub
lished entirely in Nolapuk, besides Others
in Volapuk and German, Nolapuk and
French, Nolapuk and Spanish, Nolapuk
and Danish. Volapuk and Italian, Nolapuk
and Dutch. Volapui< Champagne Is new
. II th.re - NnlaDuk muic NOlapuCk
.nnrs Yolapuk beer glasses aud Nolapuk
badges. hearing the Voiapuk symbol, the
lobe crossed by the caduceyS u! Mercury
With the motto "NIcnad Bal, Puk Bal, or
.'One Humanity, one Language.
Until recently there have been no Su'ta-
bile text books for the Use Of English speak
ING persons who wish to learn the new
language. The few in England and Ameri-
a who have studied it have done 81
through the medium of German ortrcuch.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-08
Toledo.

TOLEDO, o.. June 7.-Wheat-Firm
and steady; cash and June 81 &c bid, 92c
asked; July s6{c bid, S6sc asked; August
s5}c Corn-Dull; July 4Olc. Oats
Quiet; August 26lc bid, 27lc asked.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-08
New York.

New YORK, June 7.-Petroleum-
Dull, opening at G2Sc; highest 62sc; low
est 6?lc; closing at G2sc. Sales S52, 900
barrels.
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Railroads.
CLEVELAND * PITTSBURG X. +.

Under schedule in effect May -. lSS7. trains
leave Bridgeport, Ohio. Central Standard Time:
For Pittsburgh and Cleveland $40 a. m. LIZ
p IN. For Pittsburgh, l0l7 a. IN. For Wells.
VILE, Az D. IN. For Slcubenvillc S,.B H. M
For Martins Ferry. GIb "A IN. Trains arrive at
Bridgeport at 5:h3 a. m, 1882 Il. ~. 30 p no,
l:ji p. m, j.lgp. III. myl5
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-08

lIMPLES, BlackhCad>, skin Blcm,hes, and
flM Rnhy Mmmnrs. use CrILCrEA snAl.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-08

W. J. ROBINSON,
Gsiersl FREIGHT Tnd Passenger hgeul.
FRED. HUSENFN,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Wheeling " Va
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PITrsBURG, June :. - Petroleum -
Quiet but firm; opened at G2lc; closed
at 62sc; highest 62sc; lowest 6?lc.
Rru6Inr1
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BRADFORD, June 7. Petroleum
Opened at G2sc; closed at 62tc; highest
62tc; lowest g. c; clearances 2jl, 900 bar
rels
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oil City,

OIL CITY, June 7.-Petroleum-Opened
at 62ic; highest 62fc; lowest 62ic; closed
at 62tc Sales 42l, 900 barrels; clearances
l,Oli, 600 barrels; charters 20, 1873 barrels;
shipments S,I9S barrels; runs 65,G96
barrels.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-08
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, June :. - Flour
Quiet hut steady. Wheat-Firm but
quiet; No. , red June 963a97c; July 95!a
Soc; August 92ia93lc; September 92a92!c,
Corn-SpOt firm; futures firm but quiet;
No. 3 mixed I7c; steamer No. mixed i1c;
No. , mixed Junei6la47!c; July A. ai7}c;
August lsEaIs4c; September i9}d494c.
.Oats-Spot moderately active; No. mixed
33c; No. = mixed 33Sc; ungraded white
35a35Ic; No. white SHE; No. ! white
S7}a3Sc; futures tirmer with better inquiry
for next months No , white June 37ta
a37{c; July 37!a37ic; August 25Ia35lc;
September 3i!a35ic. CheeSe-Quiet and
easier; Ohio flats choice lUt.
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MT. DECHANTAL ACADEMY.
Ill Near Wheeling. w. Va.

The thirty ninth year Of ills vel known
Academy, under the charge Of The Visitation
Nuns, opens on the hrt Monday OF September
peYt and continues ten months
Pn.,ils received At any tim" In the 'csstOn.
Tbnse who desire ~ PlaC" their daughters IN an
institution afFOrlIug exceptional advantages in
the way Of heslthiIi and delightful iycalion eI.
AZ The hands OF lifelong teachers, in every de-
nsrtment of female education, including the
mndern languages and music, should send for q
catalogue Of this school Address,
pIRsRprss ORTHE ACADEMY OF IHE VISITATION
7zns Mt. de ChantAl, nesI Wheeling. ", Va
code
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-08

NEW GOKK, Jun" n-MOuty on C,NI
easy at :ii5 per cent, prime mercantile
pauer BAD per cent. sterling exchange dull
hut steady at iSi{ai~6.
GovERNMENTs-Qui and steady.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-08

JAMES EPPS & CO., homeopathic CHEMISTS,
ial!c1tTn m London. England
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
Utilizing Lace Garments

Lace garments that have long been
laid aside are now being used in max
ing lace dresses. For instance. lace
sacque can easily be transformed into
q gathered basque By shirring it at the
waist line on silk lining; the sleeves.
if flowing in the old fashion, should
simply be turned upside down. with
the widest part gathered in at the arm
holes making leg-of-mutton slee.es.
Nantes and shawls can be arranged to
form most stylish drapery. and lace
fiounces are in great favor. not only
as parts of lace dresses, but a. trim
mings on silks, surahs, etc. 1t is well,
however. to take good care of lace
mantles yet little longer. as it is pre-
dictcd that they are to be worn again
as they were originally. Lace Hounces
were formerly gathered over founces
of tulle to bring the design of the lace
into full relief. and French modistes
are again mounting them in this way.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
The Age Of Linen Paper.

According TO Wehrs. the oldes.
known specimen of linen paper extant
is \ document written A. d. 1903
This was probably made as early as
1900. Indeed. many leading historical
writer's concur in that date. Wehrs
supposes that, IN making paper. liner
rags were either by accident or through
design, at first mixed with cotton rags.
SO as to produce paper which was
partly linen and partly cotton. and
that this led by degrees to the manu-.
facture of paper from linen only. He
also claims the honor for Germany.
But Schonemann gives that distinction
to Italy. because there. in the district
of Ancona. a considerable manufacture
Of cotton paper was carried on before
the fourteenth centuTy.-Lnl0nd
Hfinter
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
WHY ISN'T he HAPPY?
A Question Which the Intelligent Reada
Can Answer for Himself

A Question Which the Intelligent Reader
Can Answer for Himself
When Fred Falsesfep was eighteen
years old he married Il girl from his
mothers kitchen. She was pretty at
the time with the beauty of incidental
youth. red checks, white teeth, bright
eyes. trim figure. After the regula-
ton family row Falsestep. Sr. died.
He left $50. coo to his son. Fred. being
an energetic person. went into bust.
ness. In the course of years he finds
himself worth couple of hundred
thousand dollars. He keeps abreast of
the literature of the day and some-
times finds time to read the classics.
Without being heavy literary swell
he thinks and talks like a decentlv
educated gentleman. His wife's men,
tai faculties have stood still. while his
have matured and improved with
years. Many Of Falsestcp's acquant-
ances stick to him in spite Of his
matrimonial blunder. After q visit
from the women Of such house
holds Mrs. Falsestep greets her
husband with, Them S.raightback
girls were here this afternoon. You
never seed how plain they were
dressed" She wonders why Fred is
not interested in his old friends and
doesn't ask her questions concerning
them.
Mrs. Falsestep devoted'y loves her
husband. She thinks him the wisest
man on earth. When she persuades
him to drive in tine park with her-and
a more brilliant spectacle than Mrs.
Falscstep attired for an outing it
would be difficult to find-she rattIes
on in this way: Did you hear them
cars. Fred? Where does them go toe
Here's Mr.. Olds:yle. Amt he awfuli
You amt looking the right way. THE
comin's his'n.
Z But Falyestep's wife Is as true as steel
TO him. She would gladly die for him.
Why is he not happily married7-Hzis
sdetphio NeUa
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
SLUGS AND ANTS.

How to Exterminate These Most Trouble
some Pests ~ the Garden.
Slugs are troublesome both in the
open ground and in the greenhouse.
Salt is certain death to them, even inn
smallest quantities, and when in the
open garden a slight sprinkling of salt.
over the ground is effectual; but the
sprinkling. it mus: be remembered
must be very slight. as salt, if put on
(even as thick as sand is sown on tho
foor) will kill almost any kind of veg--
citation In our greenhouses the slugs.
usually feed at night, getting under
the benches during the day. We have
found a most efficient remedy in strew--
ing a thin line of salt on edge Of
bench; this makes a complete dead
line' for the slugs and snails, for they
can not cross it and live. Another
plan is to slice up potatoes. carrots
cabbage or lettuce leaves. to feed on
for which they viii leave all other
plants. Examine these traps daily and
destroy the captives. OF all insec. pests
on lawns or sandy soils. ants are the
most troublesome, and when these are
on such large areas. any remedy as yet
known is almost futile to destroy them
When on small areas, outside or in the
greenhouses, we find about the best
plans are to lay fresh bone or paper
covered with molasses around their
haunts; these they will come to in
large numbers; they should be removed
daily and burned or otherwise de-
stroyed. Another method that we.
have found more destructive to them
than any other is to puff pyrethrum
pr Persian insect powder from strong
bellows among them. The smallest
particle of this powder at once cLokes
md kills them. though it must strike
.hem dry to be effective; for we find
hat when the powder lies damp ON
he floor, they will run over it and even
'urrow in it with impunity. Nothing
have ever tried will poison ants.
Either their instinct causes them to
void it. or else they are not effected
y it -Ameyican Agriewlarisk
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11

-Frayne. the professional shot, who
in 1882 killed his betrothed. who was
holding IN apple on her head as tar
get. and at another time accidentally
shot an assistant, recently had mar
row escape himself from death. Alton
in his menagerie escaped and was de-
vouring valuable horse. Frayne las
sooed it and succeeded in drawing it
back to its cage with NO other damage
to himself than lacerated Sr11- PHI
GdelDhia Press
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11

"A bantam hen belonging to Julia
Harmon of West Chester. Pa, recent
ly became the mother of curiouslv
deformcd chick. Its legs are joined to
its body near the back, and proiec:
out behind the body as stiff as stakes,
and are quite useless either for pedes-
trian purposes or for anything else bus
ornament
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-11
LIFE.

Dining and sleeping.
Laughing and weeping.
Signing for some new toy;
Loving and hating,
Woofng and mating,
Chasing the phantom, Joy.
Losing and winning,
Praying and SHINING.
Seeking . higher hfe;
Hope and repininS.
Shadow and shining,
Care and worry and strife.
boarding and wasting,
Lettering, hasting,
Missing the golden mark;
Praising and fiout!ng,
Trusting and doubling
Taking . leap in the dark.
Clarence H. Pearson, IN Current.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-28

shall be applied the wisdom OF economic
experience, the principles Of the constitu-
ton, and the equities Of Just taxation,
which mus bc general, and not special.
The manufacturers who think they can
not live and prosper without the subsidies
which they enjoy under the tariff, and
who refuse 10 listen TO the just demands
of reform, should take 10 their minds and
hearts q lesson out OF the darkest chapter
in American history. The s%lave-owner
thought he could not raise sugar, rice and
cotton at n profit without the protection no
enjoyed in slave labor. Out Of that error
rose the gigantic and balcful power which
through iffty years threatened our national
life. Beginning upon the lines ola economic
falacy, the institution thus arrayed against
the fundamental principle Of our rcpub-
lican fabric, at once illogical and inhuman,
developed into m oligarchy stronger. than
the union Of the States. All the while IT
was q thorough dclusion; ~ a system OF
labor, clumsy and costly; as a political In
%tluencc, despotic; as a moral force, dc
structiye. Like the protectionist OF today,
its friends would listen TO nothing, and IN
blood and fame !. wa swept out OF exist
encc. And now what do VIC see? such
productivity under free labor rs was never
dreamed Of under slave labor.
Let our manufacturers reperusc the story
and mark the parallel between the progress
Of slavery and the progress OF protection.
They win find the analogy perfect To the
point which brings rs TO the present atti.
tude of protection. May IL 60 no furtherl
but may the point attained be q point Of
departure from the arrogant claims and
violent methods OF the old slavery, varying
the destiny Of the future from the history
of the past, as to the spirit OF enlightened
Justice Il shall disclose in those who cling
with such mistaken tenacity 10 the new
slavery embodied and vitalized by the
dogma OF restriction,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-28
Ii.nhi.hnns. NJ a Eirc.

WtgrriELn, Mich, Dec. 27.-rhc law
less element had full control Of the town
during the progress Of the fire. Hundreds
81 shots were fired 10y the roughs to iniim-
idatc merchants who were endcavoring to
saw some Of their stock. They went into
a number of stores in a body, and while
aoine OF them would cover the inmates
with ruyolvcn othom would ho robbing the
sloro VI the mos, valuable goods. The
whisky secured irpm the largo number Of
saloons in the block made the men perfect
demons, and people who had property
stood by aghast. They wcc powcrlcss,
and made no effort to interfere with what
WIS going on. Streets were filled with
hatlcS women, some rushing about
searching for lost children, and others
wringing their hands and crying ~ they
watched the destruction of their homes.
Wakefield Is u typical mining region town,
and composed entirely oi wooden build.
ing4 Tho fire, once started, was beyond
control, ~ there wcp nv facilities for hght-
ing IL.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-28
A.,.., r,,,. H..r.sn,..d.

San TRANCisoo, Cal, Dec. 1.-THE
large firm Of Vim. I. Coleman 4 Co,
shippers and commission merchants, will
be rorganizcd by mutual consent OF Jan
uary I. The house Of Vim. 4. Coleman
& Co, Of san Francisco, will conduct the
business for the Pacific coast aud Cor the
territory NO, now occupied 10y the New
York houzs and the Chicago agency.
Richard pcla0cld, lately Of the firm,
together with H. +. Morgan and Rudolph
n. Ki.scll. Of New York, and Thomas u.
McGoycrn. Of Chicago, will represent the
Coleman & Go. exclusively, and will cover
the section east Of the Rocky mountains
aud Canada. The eastern house will 90
by the name oi DvlaRcld. Morgan, kis,ell
Go, New York and Chicago. Thcy will
make q specially Of Pacific coast products.
Tho object oi the change j. said 10 Ice 10
relieve Mr. Coleman Of u portion Of the
work aud responsibility.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-28
Thn Nrn nrlcnn. nnrr-.

INV ORLEANS, Ia, Dec. 21.-first
Race -Four and a half ]iurlongs; selling
Fcs,us won by six lengths, Black knight
second. Trouble third, beating Stone Wall,
Fraud, Forest King, Claude Bmunon and
Boboink. Time los.
Second Race Seven i%urlours; selling.
jennie Mcfarland won by six lengths,
Phil LAWS SECOND, Jessie i thiul, beating
Little doe and Oycrtou. nmc i ~.
Third Race liyy-cighths of u mile,
aclling light Nvltrr weights. Katie Me
won hy live lengths. Werner second, Ascc.
ola third, bCstiug Jim Nave and stony
Wall. nmc=llh.
Fourth Race Five iurlongs. for two
year olls. selling. Black Knight Won 10y
three lengths, HALLE u second, Buckeye
third, beating Ethel. nmc-ilb.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-28
Hut VIII Thcy get ~,

DoyER, n. H., Dee. 2Z.-Dr, W. w.
Weber stated today that the claim of his
father, Vim. Weber, MS N OF the heirs to
u plot Of land, ~sixty.six acres in extent, lo-
Gated in New York city, south OF Canal
street, has been proven. The said plot,
now studded with massive blocks Of build
ings, was bought in 1893 by Wilired
Weber, Of Holland, who settled IN Man
haitian island "a short time previous. In
1874 Mr. Weber leased the land to n kins-
man, Wilfrcd Weber, jr., for 200 ycars.
Dr. Wcbcr's father is of the seventh gen
Grafton OF Weber senior. who originally
owned the land. On the expiration Of the
lease in 1874 the land naturally reverted
20 the descendants OF the original Wilfrcd
Weber, and for q few years past VIM.
Weber and other descendants have been
busily engaged proving they were de-
sccndants Of the first owner Now that II
is proved there will be- n meeting OF heirs
in New York January 20 TO complete ar
fragments for getting possession. The
property Is valued AT $4,000, 900.